Acasio is main topic at DeSoto trial

10:40 AM,
Jul. 10, 2014

Approved list: Defendant Chad DeSoto frowns as names of people approved for him to call from a Department of Corrections detention facility are read aloud in court yesterday. The names included his girlfriend, Reanne Acasio, and his family members. Masako Watanabe/Pacific Daily News/mwatanabe@guampdn.com

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Jerick Sablan
Pacific Daily News

Chad DeSoto's girlfriend, Reanne Acasio, was the main topic of discussion during DeSoto's ongoing murder trial yesterday, including what DeSoto allegedly told her before and after the deadly attack in Tumon last February.

Witnesses have testified that DeSoto drove his car into a group of pedestrians, crashed the car farther down the road and began stabbing bystanders on Feb. 12, 2013.

He's charged with three counts of aggravated murder and 11 counts of attempted aggravated murder. ...